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MCLAUGHLIN et al. v. FLORIDA (1964)

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MCLAUGHLIN et al. v. FLORIDA
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1964
Decided: December 7, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

MCLAUGHLIN et al. v. FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 7, 1964. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 379 U.S. 184
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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